Download LBCC Psychology 14 Exam 3 Study Guide

Patrick Cleveland M.A., L.M.F.T.
Psychology 14
Exam 3 Study Guide
Chapter 7
- Know the basic definitions and criteria of mood disorders
- Know the difference between bipolar and unipolar and distinctions between bi-polar I and II
- Know the basic definitions, criteria, and distinctions of major depressive episode and major
depressive disorder
- Know the symptoms associated with BP I and II as well as Major Depression
- Know the differences between motivational, emotional, cognitive, and motor behavior and
functioning symptoms
- Know prevalence rates associated with depression and gender
- Know the basic definitions and criteria of post-partum depression, dysthymia, double
depression, cyclothymic disorder, and persistent depressive disorder
- Know Freud’s theories on mourning and melancholia
Chapter 8
- Know the death rates associated with specific substances in the U.S. (i.e. which substances
cause the most deaths in a year, which ones cause the least)
- Know the differences and definitions of tolerance, withdrawal, intoxication, addiction and
dependence
- Know the DSM criteria for use, withdrawal, and dependence disorders
- Know the statistics regarding rates of substance use for various cultures according to your text
Know the basic definitions and criteria of the various pathways to addiction such as routine
use, experimentation, etc.
- Know current perspectives on alcoholism such as the disease model
- Know various predictors of alcoholism such as cultural background, social class, family history,
other psychological disorders, etc.
- Know which drugs are associated with various crimes such as homicide and domestic violence
- Know the health benefits of alcohol use and distinctions between moderate and heavy levels of
alcohol consumption
- Know genetic and environmental predictors of alcoholism and how they can influence each
other
- Know learning theorists perspectives on what can be predictors of substance abuse
- Know Aaron Beck’s cognitive distortions such as overgeneralization, rationalization and
absolutist thinking, etc.
- Know the difference between abstinence, detoxification, and withdrawal
Chapter 11
- Know the basic facts regarding onset age and schizophrenia
- Know the definitions and criteria of the various phases of schizophrenia such as the prodromal,
residual, chronic, and acute stages
- Know basic statistics about the rates of those affected with schizophrenia in the U.S.
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Know the main symptoms associated with schizophrenia and difference between positive and
negative symptoms as well as the various types of delusions (grandeur, persecution, etc.)
Know the definitions and differences between thought insertion, thought withdrawal, thought
broadcasting, and thought distortion
Know theories and explanations regarding auditory hallucinations
Know current theories regarding the causes of schizophrenia
Know communication problems associated with families of schizophrenia such as
communication deviance and expressed emotion